basic plots of data viz
How does my credit card spending
from this year compare to last year?
How does a metric compare
across multiple time periods?
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2014
Mar
Apr
May
2015
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

basic plots of data viz
How does my credit card spending
from this year compare to last year?
How does a metric compare
across multiple time periods?
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2014
Mar
Apr
May
2015
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

basic plots of data viz
Home
Other
Entertainment
How does my spending break
down by budget area?
Donations
Business Services
Shopping
How do all these categories
make up this metric?
Travel
Auto & Transport
Food & Dining

basic plots of data viz
Home
Other
Entertainment
How does my spending break
down by budget area?
Donations
Business Services
Shopping
How do all these categories
make up this metric?
Travel
Auto & Transport
Food & Dining
Did I spend more on Travel or Shopping?

basic plots of data viz
Business Services
How does my spending in each
budget area compare
to each other?
Food & Dining
Auto & Transport
Travel
Shopping
How do all these categories
compare to each other?
Donations
Entertainment
Home
Other

basic plots of data viz
Business Services
How does my budget spending
this year compare to last year?
Food & Dining
Auto & Transport
Travel
Shopping
How do all these categories
compare across time periods?
Donations
Entertainment
Home
Other
2014
2015

whyy: the answer
How did you become aware of the last local story that interested you?
19-28
29-38
Newspaper/mag
AM/FM Radio
Television
Text or email
Word of mouth
Website or blog
Facebook
Mobile app
Internet search
Other
Twitter
Satellite Radio
39-48
49-58
59-68
69-78
79-88
0%
17.5%
35%
52.5%
70%

whyy: the answer
How did you become aware of the last local story that interested you?
Newspaper/mag
AM/FM Radio
Television
Text or email
19-28
29-38
39-48
49-58
59-68
69-78
79-88
Word of mouth
Website or blog
Facebook
Mobile app
Internet search
Other
Twitter
Satellite Radio
0%
17.5%
35%
52.5%
70%

whyy: the answer
How did you become aware of the last local story that interested you?
19-28
29-38
59-68
Newspaper/mag
Word of mouth
Internet search
39-48
69-78
AM/FM Radio
Website or blog
Other
49-58
79-88
Television
Facebook
Twitter
Text or email
Mobile App
Satellite Radio

whyy: the answer
How did you become aware of the last local story that interested you?
100%
Other
Twitter
Satellite Radio
Internet search
Mobile App
Facebook
Website or blog
Text or email
Word of mouth
Television
AM/FM Radio
Newspaper/mag
75%
50%
25%
19-28
29-38
39-48
49-58
59-68
69-78
79-88

whyy: the answer
How did you become aware of the last local story that interested you?
100%
Traditional Sources
75%
50%
Word of mouth
Television
AM/FM Radio
Newspaper/mag
25%
19-28
29-38
39-48
49-58
59-68
69-78
79-88

whyy: the answer
How did you become aware of the last local story that interested you?
100%
75%
50%
25%
Non-traditional Sources
19-28
29-38
39-48
49-58
59-68
69-78
79-88
Other
Twitter
Satellite Radio
Internet search
Mobile App
Facebook
Website or blog
Text or email
Word of mouth
Television
AM/FM Radio
Newspaper/mag

google public data explorer
How does each state’s per capita personal income compare to its
personal disposable income over time?
Oh, and show me each state’s population to give some context.
How do two separate metrics for these related groups of different
sizes compare to each other over time?

google public data explorer
How does each state’s per capita personal income compare to its
personal disposable income over time?
Oh, and show me each state’s population to give some context.
How do two separate metrics for these related groups of different
sizes compare to each other over time?

recap: some plots in data viz
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How much of something is there?
Something is changing over time
Something is changing over multiple time periods
Something is composed of many parts
Many parts compare to each other
Many parts compare to each other, over time
Similar things, made of similar parts, compare to each other
Party in DC!!!!